Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-02-12

they were passing a frame cottage
which then stood near the present resi-
dence of our County Court Clerk, on
Madison street, when they heard the
screams OF female. They halted and
listened. Pretty soon they heard the
voice OF man cursing and beating his
wife. At length one OF them conclud-
ed 10 go in and protect the woman, but
but the other said he was opposed to
doing so, as it was his experience that a
man never bettered matters by taking
part in such fights. The more sympa
thetic patrolman listened to her cries
until he could stand it no longer when
he endeavored to enter but was resisted
by the woman. He, however, gained
entrance, and ordered the brute tc
cease beating his wife and attempted tc
take him to the lookup, whereupon
the poor badly beaten wife, true to the
noble impulses of woman's heart, told
the officer if he did not release her hus
band and get out of their house shewould
help to whip him; that the man wai
her husband, and it was none OF his bus
mess to NEEDLE with family matters
The patrol told her if she could stand II
he could, and quietly left the premises
with the fixed resolution never to at
tempt to part man and wife whom he
saw fighting again.
MyI friend, Izadore Bachrig, has {
dog that he thinks is very smart and
from all we have heard OF him he de
serves his masters good opinion, bu
we knew dog, a large Newfoundland
owned by Mr.. Clements who liveC
here when we were in our eleventh
year, who deserves some special notice
Mr.. Clements was a worker in iron
brass, etc., and had shop on Strawber
ry Alley, north OF the courthouse
which was burnt in the fire of 1878. /
he was at work away from his shop an(
needed hammer or file, he could senC
his dog 1--WE forget his name) after il
and would always bring the required
tool. Some few now living here car
vouch for the truth OF this. He coult
send him to the post Office or to mar
ket, and he would do what was toll
him. At one time he saw little five
year old son of Mr.. Clements fell i
the river, he plunged in and rescue
him, and then accompanied the chill
home. His master was hunting i
Mai Elders bottom land about tw
miles from town and lost his poke
book. On reaching home late in tt
| evening he missed his purse, when i
s turned to his faithful animal who ha
Y been on the hunt with him, and shove
s him by signs that he had lost it, an
| told him to go back after it. The dc
3 did as directed and returned next NOR
a ing with the pocket book and conten
: all right. This may be considere
rather tough dog story, but it is trl
one.
s Mr.. Sam. Northington, now living
i, in This city, was the first cabinet wor
man whom we recollect of seeing her
l In 1887 he occupied a small hewn Il
2 house then situated on the ground lyir
| in what is now the rear of Joe MattilI
3 confectionery. My father was keepir
| boarding house IN what was the
: known as "Crusman's row." one ar
l "a half story building fronting abo
It seventy feet on Franklin street. M
j. Northington was one OF his boarde
e and during that time made a sm
cherry table which is still in good {
II der and in my possession to-da
: Long before the railroad found its W
h to our city, such boats as the John Ra
h dolph, Ellen Kirkman, and many 9th
n large craft piled between Nashville al
l. New Orleans. We have seen as ma
as one thousand hogsheads Of strips
k ing on and near the wharf await
a shipment. The Randolph and Xii
g man have both, 1t is said, taken Il
E. much each, besides cotton, etc., at O
r, load.
e We have in our possession an hist
- ic walking cane. 1t is made OF Ell
AS fish hickory, and was brought to t
al country MANY years ago by tn
at young.man named Frassier. He liy
ID to old age and kept it until death, aft
). which event the stick passed into t
|, hands of one OF his sons. This 81
h used it for many years, and when
e died at my nncles, Zachariah Grant,
As cane fell into the possession of Aqu
Is Ia Grant now livingat the old hon
!" stead three miles this side of Port Roy
d The last owner presented the cane
e. the writer some ten years ago. il
IL believed to be over one hundred ye